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Statistics is an ancient field of human knowledge that originated with the state, where it was necessary to account for the population, funds, consumed products, the army and much more. Today, statistics cover all spheres of human activity.
Statistics is not only a science, a statistical methodology, but also an applied industry, which is divided into many others:
- Anthropometrics
- Biometrics
- Demography
- Psychometrics
- Sociometrics
- Econometrics, etc.
- Descriptive statistics is an applied industry that collects, presents and describes data. Official statistics are an example of descriptive statistics.
- Analytical statistics – processing of a large amount of statistical data, study of the results obtained. These are the activities of scientists, statistical institutes and organizations.
Examples of specialization:
- State statistics
- History of statistics
- Sports statistics
- International trade statistics
- Tourism statistics
- Legal statistics.
- The study of operations is a discipline close to statistics, it is also based on the application of mathematical methods and techniques, on application in various fields of human activity:
- Mathematical modeling
- Statistical modeling
- Heuristic approaches.
- Operations research as a science is engaged in the development, search for ways and models of optimal solutions, using mathematical and heuristic methods.
Examples of specialization:
- Operations Studies
- Operations and Actuarial Studies
- Release operations
- Project management and operations research.
To choose a specialization and university will help the current ranking "The best universities with the study of statistics and operations research in Europe".
Best Statistics & Operational Research universities in Europe 2026 - QS World University rankings
| 1 | University of Oxford |
| 2 | University of Cambridge |
| 3 | ETH Zurich |
| 4 | Imperial College London |
| 5 | EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne |
| 6 | UCL |
| 7 | Technical University of Munich |
| 8 | The University of Warwick |
| 9 | The University of Edinburgh |
| 10 | Institut Polytechnique de Paris |
| 11 | Delft University of Technology |
| 12 | The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) |
| 13 | Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna |
| 14 | Eindhoven University of Technology |
| 15 | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| 16 | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| 17 | KTH Royal Institute of Technology |
| 18 | KU Leuven |
| 19 | Lancaster University |
| 20 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
| 21 | Sapienza University of Rome |
| 22 | Sorbonne University |
| 23 | Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) |
| 24 | The University of Manchester |
| 25 | University of Amsterdam |
| 26 | University of Bristol |
| 27 | University of Nottingham |
| 28 | University of Southampton |
| 29 | University of Vienna |
| 30 | Università di Padova |
| 31 | Université PSL |
| 32 | Université Paris-Saclay |
| 33 | Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) |
| 34 | Bocconi University |
| 35 | Cardiff University |
| 36 | KIT, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
| 37 | King's College London |
| 38 | Leiden University |
| 39 | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
| 40 | Newcastle University |
| 41 | RWTH Aachen University |
| 42 | The University of Sheffield |
| 43 | Universitat Politecnica de Valencia |
| 44 | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC) |
| 45 | University of Copenhagen |
| 46 | University of Leeds |
| 47 | University of Lisbon |
| 48 | University of Liverpool |
| 49 | University of Zurich |
| 50 | Université Paris Cité |
